diff --git a/pkg/genericapiserver/BUILD b/pkg/genericapiserver/BUILD
index 64b46a2c188..c2864e1ee08 100644
--- a/pkg/genericapiserver/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/genericapiserver/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ go_library(
         "default_storage_factory_builder.go",
         "doc.go",
         "genericapiserver.go",
+        "healthz.go",
         "hooks.go",
         "resource_config.go",
         "resource_encoding_config.go",
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/options:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/routes:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/validation:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/healthz:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/registry/core/service/ipallocator:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/registry/generic:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go b/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go
index 317c8bfdf2a..2a8599a9765 100644
--- a/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go
+++ b/pkg/genericapiserver/config.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// allow downstream consumers to disable the index route
 	EnableIndex             bool
 	EnableProfiling         bool
+	EnableMetrics           bool
 	EnableGarbageCollection bool
 
 	Version               *version.Info
@@ -524,6 +525,13 @@ func (s *GenericAPIServer) installAPI(c *Config) {
 	if c.EnableProfiling {
 		routes.Profiling{}.Install(s.HandlerContainer)
 	}
+	if c.EnableMetrics {
+		if c.EnableProfiling {
+			routes.MetricsWithReset{}.Install(s.HandlerContainer)
+		} else {
+			routes.DefaultMetrics{}.Install(s.HandlerContainer)
+		}
+	}
 	routes.Version{Version: c.Version}.Install(s.HandlerContainer)
 	s.HandlerContainer.Add(s.DynamicApisDiscovery())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/genericapiserver/routes/BUILD b/pkg/genericapiserver/routes/BUILD
index e1e3de4d772..4d753c19df2 100644
--- a/pkg/genericapiserver/routes/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/genericapiserver/routes/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ go_library(
     srcs = [
         "doc.go",
         "index.go",
+        "metrics.go",
         "openapi.go",
         "profiling.go",
         "swagger.go",
@@ -25,15 +26,18 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/api/unversioned:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apiserver:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/apiserver/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/mux:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/openapi:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/openapi/common:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/routes/data/swagger:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/storage/etcd/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:github.com/elazarl/go-bindata-assetfs",
         "//vendor:github.com/emicklei/go-restful",
         "//vendor:github.com/emicklei/go-restful/swagger",
         "//vendor:github.com/golang/glog",
+        "//vendor:github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/routes/metrics.go b/pkg/genericapiserver/routes/metrics.go
similarity index 94%
rename from pkg/routes/metrics.go
rename to pkg/genericapiserver/routes/metrics.go
index ddf7a82a2a2..907546d2d0e 100644
--- a/pkg/routes/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/genericapiserver/routes/metrics.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 // DefaultMetrics installs the default prometheus metrics handler
 type DefaultMetrics struct{}
 
+// Install adds the DefaultMetrics handler
 func (m DefaultMetrics) Install(c *mux.APIContainer) {
 	c.NonSwaggerRoutes.Handle("/metrics", prometheus.Handler())
 }
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ func (m DefaultMetrics) Install(c *mux.APIContainer) {
 // which resets the metrics.
 type MetricsWithReset struct{}
 
+// Install adds the MetricsWithReset handler
 func (m MetricsWithReset) Install(c *mux.APIContainer) {
 	defaultMetricsHandler := prometheus.Handler().ServeHTTP
 	c.NonSwaggerRoutes.HandleFunc("/metrics", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
diff --git a/pkg/master/master.go b/pkg/master/master.go
index 8c0a88d2589..75fb552c2a6 100644
--- a/pkg/master/master.go
+++ b/pkg/master/master.go
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ func (c *Config) Complete() completedConfig {
 		c.EndpointReconcilerConfig.Reconciler = NewMasterCountEndpointReconciler(c.GenericConfig.MasterCount, endpointClient)
 	}
 
+	// this has always been hardcoded true in the past
+	c.GenericConfig.EnableMetrics = true
+
 	return completedConfig{c}
 }
 
@@ -195,7 +198,6 @@ func (c completedConfig) New() (*Master, error) {
 	if c.Tunneler != nil {
 		m.installTunneler(c.Tunneler, coreclient.NewForConfigOrDie(c.GenericConfig.LoopbackClientConfig).Nodes())
 	}
-	m.InstallGeneralEndpoints(c.Config)
 
 	return m, nil
 }
@@ -227,16 +229,6 @@ func (m *Master) installTunneler(tunneler genericapiserver.Tunneler, nodeClient
 	}, func() float64 { return float64(tunneler.SecondsSinceSync()) })
 }
 
-// TODO this needs to be refactored so we have a way to add general health checks to genericapiserver
-// TODO profiling should be generic
-func (m *Master) InstallGeneralEndpoints(c *Config) {
-	if c.GenericConfig.EnableProfiling {
-		routes.MetricsWithReset{}.Install(m.GenericAPIServer.HandlerContainer)
-	} else {
-		routes.DefaultMetrics{}.Install(m.GenericAPIServer.HandlerContainer)
-	}
-}
-
 // InstallAPIs will install the APIs for the restStorageProviders if they are enabled.
 func (m *Master) InstallAPIs(apiResourceConfigSource genericapiserver.APIResourceConfigSource, restOptionsGetter genericapiserver.RESTOptionsGetter, restStorageProviders ...genericapiserver.RESTStorageProvider) {
 	apiGroupsInfo := []genericapiserver.APIGroupInfo{}
diff --git a/pkg/routes/BUILD b/pkg/routes/BUILD
index d1779c1b999..0ee6f573260 100644
--- a/pkg/routes/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/routes/BUILD
@@ -15,15 +15,11 @@ go_library(
     srcs = [
         "doc.go",
         "logs.go",
-        "metrics.go",
         "ui.go",
     ],
     tags = ["automanaged"],
     deps = [
-        "//pkg/apiserver/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/genericapiserver/mux:go_default_library",
-        "//pkg/storage/etcd/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//vendor:github.com/emicklei/go-restful",
-        "//vendor:github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go b/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go
index 33f0b3fd160..4403b918693 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go
+++ b/test/integration/framework/master_utils.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func startMasterOrDie(masterConfig *master.Config, incomingServer *httptest.Serv
 	if masterConfig == nil {
 		masterConfig = NewMasterConfig()
 		masterConfig.GenericConfig.EnableProfiling = true
+		masterConfig.GenericConfig.EnableMetrics = true
 		masterConfig.GenericConfig.EnableSwaggerSupport = true
 		masterConfig.GenericConfig.EnableOpenAPISupport = true
 		masterConfig.GenericConfig.OpenAPIConfig.Info = &spec.Info{
@@ -451,6 +452,7 @@ func RunAMaster(masterConfig *master.Config) (*master.Master, *httptest.Server)
 	if masterConfig == nil {
 		masterConfig = NewMasterConfig()
 		masterConfig.GenericConfig.EnableProfiling = true
+		masterConfig.GenericConfig.EnableMetrics = true
 	}
 	return startMasterOrDie(masterConfig, nil, nil)
 }